Retired chaplains warn against reversing 'Don't Ask'
The careers of many if not most military chaplains will end if the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy against open homosexual service is overturned, more than 40 retired military chaplains contend in an April 28 letter to President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
The letter warned that reversing the policy will negatively impact religious freedom and could even affect military readiness and troop levels because the military would be marginalizing "deeply held" religious beliefs.